Space News
Machinists union mobilizing to defeat HASC chairman's space launch legislation
Space News - 12 Jun 2019 06:14
A bipartisan amendment to strike Smith's space launch provisions is expected to be offered by Colorado lawmakers Lamborn and Crow. SpaceNews.com
Citizen Scientists Re-tune Hubble's Galaxy Classification
SpaceRef - 12 Jun 2019 06:10
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers have helped to overturn almost a century of galaxy classification, in a new study using data from the longstanding Galaxy Zoo project....
Psyche Mission Has a Metal World in Its Sights
SpaceRef - 12 Jun 2019 05:52
Designed to explore a metal asteroid that could be the heart of a planet, the Psyche mission is readying for a 2022 launch....
Kennedy sees growing congressional support for Space Development Agency
Space News - 12 Jun 2019 05:09
Kennedy says SDA will work with all the services. "Nobody said I have to build it all." SpaceNews.com
1.2 billion years ago, a 1-km asteroid smashed into Scotland
Universe Today - 12 Jun 2019 04:50
New research by a team of UK scientists has located the site of the massive impact that took place in Scotland 1.2 billion years ago. The post 1.2 billion years ago, a 1-km asteroid smashed into Scotland appeared first o...
COSMIC-2 weather data key to better forecasts, NOAA says
Space News - 12 Jun 2019 03:30
Tropical storm and space weather forecasts will improve with the help of observations from radio occultation satellites scheduled for launch June 24 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 June 2019 - Regularly Scheduled Eye Scans Today
SpaceRef - 13 Jun 2019 01:58
Four Expedition 59 astronauts underwent periodic health checkups and regularly scheduled eye scans today. The International Space Station residents also had time set aside for space gardening, furnace work, crew ship pac...
NASA to adjust SOFIA operations to improve productivity
Space News - 13 Jun 2019 01:15
NASA plans to adjust operations of an airborne astronomical observatory in order to increase its scientific productivity. SpaceNews.com
Montblanc Evokes Astronaut View of Earth With New StarWalker Pens
SPACE.com - 13 Jun 2019 01:00
Montblanc is capping its trademark "snow peak" with the much higher perch of outer space.
Bigelow Space Wants to Launch You Into Orbit with SpaceX for $52 Million
SPACE.com - 13 Jun 2019 00:26
Bigelow Space Operations plans to take advantage of the increased commercialization of the International Space Station.
Weekly Space Hangout: June 12, 2019 - Mike Simmons of Astronomers Without Borders and Nancy Atkinson talks Apollo 11
Universe Today - 13 Jun 2019 00:04
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Brian Koberlein (briankob...
NASA Unveils 'Hidden Figures Way' at Headquarters to Honor Female Space Icons
SPACE.com - 12 Jun 2019 23:48
The street outside NASA headquarters in Washington was renamed "Hidden Figures Way" today (June 12) in honor of the women who worked as "human computers" at the agency in the 1960s.
Astrophysicists announce discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2019 23:33
At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, will announce her discovery of "cold quasa...
Table salt compound spotted on Europa
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2019 23:24
A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech mana...
Gemini Planet Imager analyzes 300 stars
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2019 23:16
Over the past four years, an instrument attached to a telescope in the Chilean Andes--known as the Gemini Planet Imager--has set its gaze on 531 stars in search of new planets. The team, led by Stanford University, is no...
Giant Telescope in Chile Could Be Named for Pioneering Astronomer Vera Rubin
SPACE.com - 12 Jun 2019 23:04
Astronomer Vera Rubin -- best known for her pioneering research about dark matter -- will lend her name to a new telescope if a bipartisan bill becomes law.
Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa
PTTU - 12 Jun 2019 23:00
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The Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Table Salt, Just Like Earth's Seas
SPACE.com - 12 Jun 2019 22:24
The huge ocean sloshing beneath the ice shell of the Jupiter moon Europa may be more similar to the seas of Earth than scientists had thought.
Water on Europa--with a Pinch of Salt
Scientific American - 12 Jun 2019 22:00
Much like Earth’s seas, the subsurface ocean of this icy moon of Jupiter contains sodium chloride, the main ingredient of table salt --
Hispasat buyer secures 500M euro credit line • ESA, Polish firms study rocket tech • CETel buys UK teleport operator
Space News - 12 Jun 2019 21:58
Red Eléctrica said the credit line, formalized June 12, is available for five years with the possibility of extension to seven years. SpaceNews.com
World Cup 2019: Astronaut Cheers on US Women's Soccer Team from Space
SPACE.com - 12 Jun 2019 21:57
Talk about nosebleed seats. A U.S. astronaut had the perfect view of the French stadium hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Apollo 10's "Snoopy" Lunar Lander May Have Been Found in Space
Universe Today - 12 Jun 2019 21:38
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land people on the lunar surface. But Apollo relied on a lot of predecessor missions to lay the groundwork for the successful mission to the Moon. One of them was Apollo 10, the fourth ...